Session 11B Weather and Roads: Incorporating Resiliency to Extreme Weather Events into the Surface Transportation System—Part I

Thursday, 10 January 2019: 8:30 AM-9:30 AM
North 130 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 35th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies
Cochairs:
Stephen Early, Vaisala Inc., Louisville, CO; Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton, Alexander, AR and Paul A. Pisano, U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Highway Administration, Road Weather Management Program, Washington, DC

Extreme weather events create significant impacts to the nation’s highway system, from public safety and maintenance costs to lost productivity and commerce. In addition to operational response to weather impacts, efforts are needed to build resilience for future events. At the same time, the transportation industry is experiencing rapid modernization through the development of technologies in automated vehicles, connected vehicles, decision support systems, data sharing, communication, and cloud computing. This session explores technologies, techniques, and interdisciplinary approaches for identifying, forecasting, and responding to extreme transportation weather events for the benefit of the traveling public, commercial interests, and those who operate and maintain the transportation system.

Papers:
8:45 AM
11B.2
Automated Vehicle Test Results during Inclement Weather
Brenda C. Boyce, Booz Allen Hamilton, Alexander, AR; and P. A. Pisano and G. Guevara
9:00 AM
11B.3
The Wyoming Department of Transportation Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment
Amanda R. Siems-Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and G. Wiener, S. Linden, T. Brummet, W. Petzke, P. McCarthy, B. Welch, V. Garcia, A. Ragan, D. Gopalakrishna, and E. Hsu
9:15 AM
11B.4
Development of a Department of Transportation Winter Severity Index
Curtis L. Walker, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO; and D. Steinkruger, M. R. Anderson, S. E. Haupt, A. R. S. Anderson, P. Gholizadeh, S. Hasanzadeh, B. Esmaeili, and B. Dao
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